From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 17:48:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08FE16A573 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.243]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2B443C9F for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:45:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so387960ana for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:46:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=D5Vw3wtQx2uBZ7r0X4cp/ukBxsVJ1WXMbHOuO2m1XCEb7dqskMOjiki0MefAPKYAnnk61oaBDBi185CEL6AhxCcpHYJbbNquKDkHpaXHb5A+ptBNintEqqFEMJppR7RLZPwaqNaAX3omJ+4JB+aRxOjoH0wD9Sw8h1xGnfZODj8= Received: by 10.100.137.18 with SMTP id k18mr966641and.1165945614776; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:46:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.112.17 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:46:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2a41acea0612120946t339b5c90gb8236be75d5740e0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:46:54 -0800 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Chris Buechler" In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0612120936q671d5b59g39100983f2adf9db@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <457EDD6B.20107@chrisbuechler.com> <2a41acea0612120936q671d5b59g39100983f2adf9db@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.2-RC1 em(4) issue - freezes during CD boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:48:09 -0000 On 12/12/06, Jack Vogel wrote: > On 12/12/06, Chris Buechler wrote: > > I'm attempting to install 6.2-RC1 on a box that ran 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, and > > 6.1 for the past few years, but the 6.2-RC1 CD won't boot. After it > > detects the em0 NIC, before it gets into sysinstall, it freezes solid. > > I've let it sit there for over an hour. > > > > I know there has been some recent work on em(4), but it doesn't appear > > all the issues are resolved. I'm not sure what I should try, what > > information I could provide that might be useful, etc. I'd be more than > > happy to help troubleshoot this, with some guidance on what I could do > > to be helpful. > > UH, can't do anything if you don't give any information, saying its a 'box' > and it has an 'em' is useless. We have installed RC1 on a number of > systems without problem. > > When you give this kind of report think about it like you have to debug > it yourself (which you do :). What is the system, pciconf, which will > tell us what kind of em it is, how bout Beta 6.2 did IT build. Um, so > can you pull the NIC out and then does it install... etc etc.. Another suggestion, boot with ACPI off or even SAFE mode and see if that helps. Jack